No. 15/18 NC State Next Up For Eagles

GAME INFORMATION
#15/18 NC STATE at BOSTON COLLEGE
RECORDS: NC State (19-6, 9-3); BC (9-17, 2-11)
WHEN: Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017
TIME: 7 p.m.
WHERE: Conte Forum, Chestnut Hill, Mass.
LIVE STATS
VIEW: ACC Network Extra
PLAY-BY-PLAY: Bill Spaulding / @BillSpaulding
COLOR: Kerri Shields (BC '09)

Boston College will host No. 15/18 NC State on Thursday at Conte Forum (7 p.m.). The game can be viewed on the ACC Network.

BC is coming off a 1-1 road swing with a win over North Carolina (88-77) last Thursday. The loss was at No. 12 Louisville on Sunday afternoon. NC State is on a three-game win streak with victories at Louisville, Georgia Tech and at home against Virginia Tech on Sunday.

PROBABLE STARTERS
Senior – Guard – Kelly Hughes
Sophomore – Center – Mariella Fasoula
Gr. Senior – Forward – Kailey Edwards
Freshman – Forward – Georgia Pineau
Freshman – Guard – Taylor Ortlepp

BC vs. NC STATE
- This will be the 21st game between BC and NC State. The Wolfpack lead the overall series, 12-8.
- The Eagles are 2-8 on the road against NC State.
- BC is 6-2 against the Wolfpack at Conte Forum. In a neutral setting, BC is 0-2.
- Last season, NC State defeated BC, 74-63, in a regular season game in Raleigh.
- The two teams met in the second round of the ACC Tournament and the Eagles fell, 76-60.
- The Wolfpack have won the last two games. BC last defeated NC State, 64-59, in overtime on Feb. 16, 2015 at Conte Forum. Kelly Hughes scored four of her 16 points in overtime. Emilee Daley also had 16 points in the win.

QUICK HITS
- Boston College is 1-4 in the last five games. The Eagles lost at No. 17 Miami (58-51), vs. #5 Florida State (85-58), vs. No. 21 Syracuse (72-45), and No. 12 at Louisville (68-43). The win came at North Carolina as Kelly Hughes had 24 points on seven three's in an 88-77 victory last Thursday night.
- In the five game run, Mariella Fasoula averaged 13.2 points and 5.8 rebounds a game while Kelly Hughes shot 45 percent from the floor and averaged 9.8 points, 4.8 rebounds and had just four turnovers.
- Senior Kelly Hughes has had a busy month. She became the all-time leader in three's made at BC - male or female - and now has 315 made three's. Hughes also surpassed the 600 rebound and 1,500 point plateau. She is one three-pointer away from moving into third on the ACC's all-time list behind Brianna Butler '16 of Syracuse (320) and Ivory Latta '07 of North Carolina (345).
- Sophomore center Mariella Fasoula is just two points from 800 career points and needs 52 rebounds for 400.
- In the last three games, senior Emilee Daley averaged 5.7 points and 2.0 rebounds a game.
- Graduate senior Kailey Edwards has taken a team-high 10 charges this season.

THURSDAY'S GAME
- Fans come out and support the team on Thursday as the Eagles host NC State at Conte Forum (7 p.m.). The program will celebrate the Play4Kay Initiative and anyone wearing pink will gain free admission. The first 250 fans will also receive a pink Under Armour hat. Visit the website www.play4kay.org - to learn more about the initiative.

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Players Mentioned

Emilee Daley

Kailey Edwards

Mariella Fasoula

Kelly Hughes

Taylor Ortlepp

Georgia Pineau